CC - IV.CC-C - Veterans Homes- Support\k
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR
AND MEMBERS
ROSEMEAD CITY COUNCIL
FROM: FRANK G. TRIPEPI. CITY MANAGER"
DATE: AUGUST 8. 2000
RE: SB 1546 (KNIGHT) - VETERANS HOMES - SUPPORT
Attached for the City Council's review are copies of SB 1546 (Knight), current bill status, complete
bill history, Senate committee analysis, and a letter jointly signed by the mayors of Lancaster,
Palmdale, Santa Clarita, Victorville, Tehachapi, and Califomia City requesting Rosemead's strongly
support SB 1546.
SB 1546 appropriates an amount of funds not to exceed $12 million from the Veterans Home Fund
to meet state funding requirements for the construction of a veterans home, to be located in the City
of Lancaster. Federal funds will be sought and are expected to contribute 65 percent of the
construction costs for the new veterans home. However, state funds must be approved prior to the
federal government's consideration of matching funds. There currently are state veterans homes in
Youmville, Barstow and one soon to open in Chula Vista. Proposition 16, the Veterans' Home Bond
Act of 2000, was passed by the voters on the March 2000 ballot and authorized the construction of a
new home in Lancaster.
In addition to the cities referenced above, the County of Los Angeles, Veterans of Foreign Wars; the
American Legion and the California Veterans Board support SB 1546.
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council support SB 1546.
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AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 24, 2000
SENATE BILL No. 1546
Introduced by Senator Knight
February 17, 2000
An act to amend Seettatt tt 1011 of add Section 1104.1 to the
Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans affairs, and
malting an appropriation therefor.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1546, as amended, Knight. Veterans homes: nursing
care.
The Veterans' Homes Bond Act of 1000 requires the
proceeds from the sale of the bonds issued under that act to
be deposited in a newly established Veterans' Home Fund.
That act provides that upon appropriation by the Legislature,
the moneys in that fund are to be allocated first to meet state
funding requirements for the renovation or construction of
those veterans' homes identified by a specified statute.
This bill would continuously appropriate the moneys in the
Veterans' Home Fund, without regard to fiscal years and in an
amount not to exceed $12,000,000, to meet state funding
requirements for the construction of a veterans' home,
located in the City of Lancaster, that is identified by the same
specified statute.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows
2 SECTION 1. Section 1104.1 is added to the Militaty
3 and Veterans Code, to read.'
4 1104.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the
5 Government Code, the moneys in the Veterans' Home
6 Fund established by Section 1103 are, subject to the limit
7 set forth in subdivision . (b), hereby continuously
8 appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, for the
9 funding of the state's matching requirement for the
10 construction of the Veterans' Home of California,
11 Lancaster, as described in paragraph (4) of subdivision
12 (b) of Section 1011.
13 (b) The total amount appropriated in accordance with
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SB 1546 Senate Bill - Status
CURRENT BILL STATUS
MEASURE : S.B. No. 1546
AUTHOR(S) Knight.
TOPIC Veterans homes:' nursing care.
HOUSE LOCATION ASM
+LAST AMENDED DATE 04/24/2000
TYPE OF BILL :
Active
Non-Urgency
Appropriations
Majority Vote Required
Non-State-Mandated Local Program
Fiscal
Non-Tax Levy
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 06/28/2000
LAST HIST. ACTION From committee:
Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes
on APPR.
COMM. LOCATION ASM APPROPRIATIONS
HEARING DATE 08/09/2000
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Do pass, but first be re-referred to
0.) Re-referred to Com'.
TITLE An act to add Section 1104.1 to the Military and
Veterans code, relating to veterans affairs, and making
an appropriation therefor.
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SB 1546 Senate Bill - History
COMPLETE BILL HISTORY
BILL NUMBER : S.B. No. 1546
AUTHOR Knight
TOPIC Veterans homes: nursing care.
TYPE OF BILL :
Active
Non-Urgency
Appropriations
Majority Vote Required
Non-State-Mandated Local Program
Fiscal
Non-Tax Levy
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BILL HISTORY
2000
June 28 From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR.
(Ayes S. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
June 6 To Com. on V. A.
May 30 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
May 30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 4783.) To
Assembly.
May 26 Read second time. To third reading.
May 25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 4760.)
May 22 Set for hearing May 25.
May 15 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
May 3 Set for hearing May 15.
Apr. 26 From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR.
with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page
4268.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Apr. 24 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time.
Amended. Re-referred to committee.
Mar. 28 Set for hearing April 25.
Mar. 2 To Com. on V.A.
Feb. 18 From print. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
Feb. 17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To
print.
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SB 1546 Senate Bill - Bill Analysis
-SENATE RULES COMMITTEE SB 15461
(Office of Senate Floor Analyses 1 1
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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 1546
Author: Knight (R)
Amended: 4/24/00
Vote: 21
SENATE VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 5-0, 4/25/00
AYES: Johannessen, Knight, Chesbro, Dunn, Soto
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE 7-2, 5/25/00
AYES: Alpert, Escutia, Karnette, Kelley, Leslie,
McPherson, Mountjoy
NOES: Johnston, Bowen
NOT VOTING: Burton, Johnson, Perata, Vasconcellos
. SUBJECT Veterans homes: nursing care
SOURCE Author
DIGEST : This bill continuously appropriates the monies
in the Veterans' Home Fund, without regard to fiscal years
and in an amount not to exceed $1.2 million, to meet state
funding requirements for the construction of a veterans'
home, located in the City of Lancaster, that is identified
by the same specified statute.
ANALYSIS : The Veterans' Home Bond Act of 2000 requires
the proceeds from the sale of the bonds issued under that
act to be deposited in a newly established Veterans' Home
Fund. That act provides that upon appropriation by the
Legislature, the monies in that fund are to be allocated
first to meet state funding requirements for the renovation
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SB 1546 Senate Bill - Bill Analysis
or construction of those veterans' homes identified by a
specified statute.
FISCAL EFFECT Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Maior Provisions 2000-01 2001-02
2002-03 Fund
_ Veterans home $12 million
Bond
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee analysis,
the Veterans' Home Bond Act of 2000 requires the proceeds
from the sale of the bonds to be deposited in the Veterans
Home Fund. The money must be appropriated by legislation
and is to be used to meet state funding requirements for
the renovation or construction of specified veterans homes.
Federal funds contribute 65 percent of the construction
costs of new veterans homes. This bill provides that the
amount appropriated is not to exceed $12 million.
There currently are state veterans' homes in Yountville,
Barstow and one soon opening in Chula Vista. Proposition
16, the Veterans' Home Bond Act of 2000 was passed by the
voters on the March 2000 ballot and authorized the
construction of a new home in Lancaster.
The total amount of the bond issue was $50 million. The
first $24 million is to replace lease-payment bonds
currently available for veterans' homes. The remaining $26
million in general obligation bonds is for the construction
of new veterans homes.
SUPPORT (Verified 5/25/00)
California Veterans Board
County of Los Angeles, Department of Military Veterans
Affairs
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
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Cit_zens Committee for the Southern California Veterans
Home - Lancaster
OPPOSITION (Verified 5/25/00)
Department of Finance
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT According to the Los Angeles
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SB 1546 Senate Bill - Bill Analysis
County Department of Military and Veterans Affairs:
"Today 378 (222,000) of the County's 600,000 veterans are
65 or more years of age. Predictably a significant number
of.these older veterans receive only a modest income.
Consequently, the prompt construction of the veterans' home
in Lancaster is of vital importance. The timely
exploitation of the Federal program for the construction of
State Veterans' Homes in Senate Bill 1546 is clearly 'right
on target'".
According to the author's office:
"In order to qualify for 658 federal matching funds, the
state must appropriate its share of the Veterans Home
construction costs without regard to fiscal year and
demonstrate that no further state action is required to
make the funds available.
"California law states that the Lancaster Veterans Home is
to be built once the Chula Vista Home is completed and
operational. The Chula Vista Home opened on May 13, 2000.
Since the state is using the same design and construction
plans on every veterans' home, the state can proceed
directly to the final phase of the capital outlay process:
construction of the Lancaster home.
"Additionally, the funds provided in SB 1546 are from the
recently passed Veterans Home Bond Act of 2000 (SB 630 -
Dunn), which states 'upon appropriation by the Legislature,
money in the fund shall be used ? for the purpose of
designing and constructing of veterans' homes in
California.'"
"The Lancaster Home is not currently scheduled to receive
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federal funds because the state has not completed the
application for the project by appropriating its share of
he construction costs. We cannot even begin to compete for
the 658 federal matching funds until the Lancaster project
application is complete. The longer the state waits to
appropriate this funding and qualify for federal matching
funds, the longer the delay in the construction of the
Lancaster home."
,ARGUMENTS IN OPPOSITION The State Department of Finance
is opposed to this bill for the following reasons:
"This bill specifies that $12 million shall be continuously
appropriated, without regard to fiscal. year. We are
generally opposed to continuous appropriations and believe
that specific phases of capital outlay projects should be
appropriated in the Budget Act to ensure timely expenditure
of funds and adequate fiscal review.
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"The Department of Veteran's Affairs (DVA) notes that based
on revised federal eligibility criteria, California is not
identified to receive any federal matching funs for the
construction of new veterans' homes. We understand that
the federal criteria was revised to facilitate smaller
states in obtaining federal matching funds, because
California had already received matching funds for Barstow
and Chula Vista. Until federal matching funds are
available, it is premature to appropriate $12 million
specifically for a veterans' home in Lancaster."
TSM:cm 5/26/00 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
SB1546 (Knight)
Hearing Date:5/25/2000 Amended:4/24/2000
Consultant: Maureen Brooks Policy Vote:V. A. 5-0
BILL SUMMARY: SB 1546 appropriates $12 million without
regard to fiscal years from the Veterans' Home Fund,
created by Proposition 16, for the construction of a.state
veterans' home in the City of Lancaster.
Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Mato- Provisions - 2000-01 2001-02
2002-03 Fund.
Veterans home $12 million Bond
STAFF COMMENTS: SUSPENSE FILE. Principal and interest to
total $19.8 million based on a 25 year term at 5$.
The Veterans' Homes Bond Act of 2000 requires the proceeds
from the sale of the bonds to be deposited in the Veterans
Home Fund. The money must be appropriated by legislation
and is to be used to meet state funding requirements for
the renovation or construction of specified veterans homes.
Federal funds contribute 65% of the construction costs of
new veterans homes. SB 1546 provides that the amount
appropriated is not to exceed $12 million.
There currently are state veterans' homes in Yountville,
Barstow and one is soon opening in Chula Vista.
Proposition 16, the Veterans' Homes Bond Act of 2000 was
passed by the voters on the March 2000 ballot and
authorized the construction of a new home in Lancaster.
The total amount of the bond issue was $50 million. The
first $24 million is to replace lease-payment bonds
currently available for veterans' homes. The remaining $26
million in general obligation bonds is for the construction
of new veterans homes.
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July 17, 2000
The Honorable je&44&s"e
Mayor of Rosemead
Transmitted Via f=ax: (626) 307-9218 7 Pages, including Cover
Dear Mayor:
We are writing to request your support for Senate Bill 1546, which appropriates the
State's share of costs for the construction of the Southern California Veterans Home in
Los Angeles County. These funds are from the Veterans Home Bond Act of 2000,
passed in March by 62% of California's voters.
The State must appropriate one-third of the construction costs for the Veterans Home in
order to receive federal matching funds. Without immediate State action, the
construction of the Veterans Home in Los Angeles County will face years of delays as
projects from other states are placed ahead of California.
Over the years, several State Commissions charged with selecting locations for the
Southern California Veterans Homes evaluated and recommended potential home sites
based on established criteria. The recommended sites were Barstow in San Bernardino
County, Chula Vista in San Diego County, Lancaster in Los Angeles County, and
Saticoy In Ventura County.
These sites were placed into law in 1996 under Senate Bill 1382. The current code
states that Lancaster will be the third home built once the Chula Vista site is open and
operating. Chula Vista officially opened on May 13, 2000.
The Veterans Home Bond Act (Proposition 16) authorized $50 million to construct the
Lancaster and Saticoy homes, as well as renovate the existing Yountville Veterans
Home in Northern California.
Even with the two existing Southern California Veterans Homes, demand for residency
at Lancaster is still high--over 300,000 eligible veterans live within the 60 mile
Lancaster service area. In order to be eligible for federal dollars, the State must
demonstrate its financial capability of funding the project as soon as possible.
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SB 1546 is expected to be voted on in August by the Assembly Appropriations
Committee. Your help is crucial to the success of this bill. That is why we are asking
your City Council to send a letter supporting SB 1546 to the City of Lancaster at:
44933 N. Fem Avenue, Lancaster, CA 93534. For your reference, a supplemental
packet of information is enclosed.
Please join the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, the American Legion, the California Veterans Board, and other veterans'
organizations in supporting SB 1546. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to
contact Frank C. Roberts, Mayor of Lancaster, at (661) 723-6000.
Sincerely,
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Frank C. Roberts
Mayor of Lancaster
Larry Adams
Mayor of California City
James C. Ledford, Jr.
Mayor of Palmdale
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Jo Anne Darcy
Mayor of Santa Clarita
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John H.E. Rombouts
Mayor of Tehachapi
Terry E: Caldwell
Mayor of Victorville
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California Veterans Homes History
As of 1993, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (USDVA) had no plans to construct any
new skilled nursing facilities in Southern California. However, the USDVA had projected a
severe shortage of skilled nursing and domiciliary beds for Veterans by the year 2000 in
Southern California.
Over the years, several State Commissions charged with selecting locations for the Southern
California Veterans Homes evaluated and recommended potential home sites based on
established criteria. Among the criteria required for selection as a site were location to nearby
medical facilities and public transportation; size of the veterans' population; and community
support.
• The recommended sites were Barstow (San Bernardino County), Chula Vista (San Diego
County), Lancaster (Los Angeles County), and Saticoy (Ventura County).
These sites were placed into law in 1996 under Senate Bill 1382. The current code states that
Lancaster will be the third home built once the Chula Vista site is open and operating. Chula
Vista officially opened on May 13, 2000.
• Lancaster has met all of the necessary criteria, has donated 23 acres of land for the home site
and has made the necessary infrastructure improvements in anticipation of the Veterans Home
at no cost to the state.
Senate Bill 630, signed into law last year, placed the Veterans Home Bond Act of 2000 on the
March 2000 ballot. The Bond Act authorized $50 million to construct the Lancaster and Saticoy
homes, as well as renovate the existing Yountville Veterans Home in Northern California.
The Veterans Home Bond Act (Proposition 16) passed with 62% voter approval on March 7,
2000.
• Even with the state veterans Homes, demand for residency at Lancaster is still high-there is
currently a waiting list of over 400 individuals. USDVA statistics indicate that there is a present
need in Califomia for 7,000 nursing care beds for Veterans, yet the state has only 2,000 beds
available.
Purpose of Senate Bill 1546
The Federal USDVA will provide a 2 for 1 match of any state dollars towards construction of a
Veterans Home.
However, the Lancaster Veterans Home cannot even be considered for federal matching dollars
until the state funds its share of the Home costs.
Without immediate action, the construction of the Lancaster Home will be delayed as veterans
projects from other states are funded first.
➢ SB 1546 appropriates $12 million for the State's share of construction costs for the Lancaster
Veterans Home.
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SUPPORTERS OF SENATE BILL 1546
(As of July 17, 2000)
California Veterans Board
LA County Board of Supervisors
LA County Department of Military & Veterans Affairs
Madera County Board of Supervisors
Kern County Supervisor--Jon Mc_ Quiston
City of California City
City of Hesperia
City of Lancaster
City of Palmdale
City of Santa.Clarita
. City of Victorville
Town of Apple Valley
Antelope Valley Board of Trade
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
Citizens Committee, Southern CA Veterans Home, Lancaster
The American Legion, Department of California
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
Veterans of Foreign_Wars,-District.7, Post 10040
VFW, Vice Commander, Robert S. Hockenhuii -
VFW, Past Commander, Robert Marr
Allied Council, The Veterans Home of California, Yountville
Reserve Officers Association of the United States, California
Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, Inc.
California Paralyzed Veterans Association
Bay Area & Western Paralyzed Veterans Association
Gray Panthers of Northern California
Congress of California Seniors
Veterans Service Officer, Lancaster, Robert A. Ortiz (USN Retired)
Rotary Club of Barstow
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A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT FUNDING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VETERANS' HOME, LANCASTER
Whereas... The Governor's Commission to Select Sites for Southern California Veterans Homes
proposed Veterans Homes as early as 1992, and has repeatedly confirmed this selection over the
ensuing years, and:
Whereas... Senate Bill 583 codified the recommendations made by the Governor's Commission to
Select Sites for Southern California Veterans Homes. After Barstow, selected sites were identified as
Chula Vista (San Diego County), Lancaster (Los Angeles County), and Saticoy (Ventura County),
each to have 400 beds, and;
Whereas... The City of Lancaster donated 23 acres of land valued at $850,000 and has completed
many infrastructure improvements, such as widening the adjacent streets, adding sidewalks, storm
drainage, sewer systems and utilities to facilitate construction of the Veterans Home, Lancaster, and:
Whereas ...Over one million veterans currently live within a one hundred mile radius.of Lancaster,
and;
Whereas... Benefits of the Lancaster location include the magnitude of community support, including
a 35 member Citizens Committee to raise funds and material to provide amenities for the Home's
residents, as well as a wide range of services available in the immediate area for senior citizens, and
the therapeutic advantages of locating in proximity to local hospitals, other medical facilities, and their
immediate family members, and;
Whereas... Senate Bill 1382 provided that the future Veterans Home in Southern California shall be
built "sequentially", and that funding could be proposed for Lancaster and Saticoy (Ventura County),
in that order, until the Chula Vista Veterans Home is "open and operating: as certified by the State
Public Works Board. The Veterans Home, Chula Vista was opened on Saturday, May 13, 2000, with
the first residents scheduled for May 22, 2000, and;
Whereas... By the passage of Proposition 16 on March 7, 2000, 62% of California voters approved a
$50 million bond measure to fund construction of Veterans Homes in Lancaster and Saticoy, in that
order, and for repairs and renovation of the Veterans Home at Yountville, and;
Whereas... The California Veterans Board, at their regular monthly meeting in Compton on Saturday,
April 15, 2000, voted unanimously to approve a CalVet Board Resolution recommending immediate
funding for construction of the Southern California Veterans Homes, Lancaster, and;
Whereas... The California Department of Veterans Affairs accepted the Deed of Trust from the City
of Lancaster for the Southern California Veterans Home, Lancaster on August 17, 1999, and;
Whereas... Senate Bill 1546 appropriates the State's share of construction costs for the Southern
California Veterans Home, Lancaster, as approved by the voters in passing Proposition 16 in March
2000, and;
Whereas... The need for these Veterans Homes to care for an aging and increasingly infirm veteran
population has never been greater, and demands action, now, therefore, be it resolved...
That (City Council) hearby supports SS 1546 and requests immediate legislative action to authorize
and appropriate the funding for the construction of the Southern California Veterans Home,
Lancaster.
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